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About LinkBacksbollocks, i thought that was just a myth. Iv been doing it for years.Originally Posted by Zak33
bollocks, i thought that was just a myth. Iv been doing it for years.
bollocks, i thought that was just a myth. Iv been doing it for years.
look at the picture.... now tell me if it's drinkable
it's better than some 3rd world water supplies...look at the picture.... now tell me if it's drinkable
job's done
Gotta move one of the shelves higher now, cos the tank is fractionally taller than my old one... and then we're in bath-ness
Careful you don't scald your plumbs on the way in.
You owe it to yourself to click here really.
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I turned my old hot water cylinder (after the top exploded, ruining my airing cupboard, floor and ceiling) into two planters for the garden.
Don't waste your old one Zak
Weigh it in, you'll get a good amount for that if it's copper.
You owe it to yourself to click here really.
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I might be able to sort you a good deal on a water softner if you want.
Sair33 (02-09-2009)
depends on the water system e.g. if the hot is from a combi you are fine (well, no worse than drinking normal mains tap water) as all it is is heated tap water, no storage involved.
& of course in large parts of the UK limescale isn't a problem http://www.avonsoft.com/images/hard_map.gif
Using BUFF's hard map, we can clearly see that Chuck Norris sightings occur mainly in the south east and midlands, although he does take on the geordies from time to time.
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I find that map hard to believe - the Isle of Man is yellow... we have the softest water going - absolutely 0 scale on my kettle. It also says the the Merseyside area is softer than here, which is rubbish tbh.
How is Oxfordshire yellow in the middle of all that? We have terrible water!
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Look on the bright side, we dont live in France, where its apparently acceptable to have brown water.
Sadly I don't have any photo's of this, but...
My grandfather has a coal fired Rayburn that does his cooking and provides most of his heating and hot water. He also has a coal fired Parkray that can be lit in cold weather to provide more heating.
(For those that don't know what these things are, both use the coal fire to heat water, from there the rest of heating / hot water system is just like a conventional gas boiler based system)
When both were alight the system used to make some very odd banging noises, that niether we or a plumber friend could suggest any cause for. Anyway, move on a few years and the Rayburn boiler has buldged in the middle, split and is leaking slightly. So we decide to replace it.
(My grandfather doesn't like spending money, so we made a new boiler from .25 inch mild steel instead of buying a new one. It is only a tank, nothing fancy in it)
When we removed the boiler we found that the entire 7 x 14 x 3 inch boiler was sludge, there was only a half inch channel through the middle that water could flow though. And the flow pipe from the boiler wasn't much better, I'm not sure on the actual size of the pipe, it was bigger than 22mm, but not much, but the clear hole in the middle was about 5mm.
After replacing the boiler and some of pipes all the odd noises went away.
Eeew!
(Thanks Evilmunky)
Eagles may soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet intakes.
Actually, I am putting a wood-fired system into my house in France to provide heat (radiators are difficult, as the walls are mainly 90-110 cm thick, and made of stone) and hot water for downstairs.
The local plumber/odd job man says that the water here comes from the black mountains and is prone to harbouring algae / bacteria. When I said 'Yeah. Whatever' he took me to see a neighbour's swimming pool, and it had literally turned to green jelly. So I figure that we will have the water purifier, thanks.
(Thanks Evilmunky)
Eagles may soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet intakes.
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